Table 1 Characteristics associated with receiving 48 Hour Follow Up among Aboriginal patients, adjusted for model of care and year (N = 49,721)*
| Â | N (%) | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Category | Not followed up (n = 41,252) | Followed up (n = 8469) | OR (95% CI) | P-value |
Gender | Male | 18,765 (83%) | 3818 (17%) | ref | 0.9040 |
Female | 22,319 (83%) | 4591 (17%) | 1.00 (0.94,1.07) | Â | |
Marital status | Married/de facto | 15,448 (84%) | 2874 (16%) | ref | 0.1269 |
Single | 13,710 (84%) | 2619 (16%) | 1.01 (0.93,1.09) | Â | |
Widowed | 5185 (86%) | 877 (14%) | 1.04 (0.92,1.17) | Â | |
Divorced/separated | 5672 (85%) | 1014 (15%) | 1.03 (0.93,1.14) | Â | |
Not known | 441 (92%) | 37 (7.7%) | 0.63 (0.44,0.90) | Â | |
IRSD quintile | 1st quintile - least disadvantaged | 7098 (87%) | 1087 (13%) | ref | <.0001 |
2nd quintile | 7631 (82%) | 1642 (18%) | 1.44 (1.30,1.60) | Â | |
3rd quintile | 9039 (83%) | 1809 (17%) | 1.37 (1.24,1.52) | Â | |
4th quintile | 8016 (86%) | 1357 (14%) | 1.09 (0.98,1.21) | Â | |
5th quintile - most disadvantaged | 8671 (85%) | 1484 (15%) | 1.38 (1.24,1.54) | Â | |
Participation in CDMP | Did not participate | 40,206 (83%) | 8160 (17%) | ref | 0.1445 |
Participated | 1046 (77%) | 309 (23%) | 1.16 (0.95,1.40) | Â | |
Participation in Healthways | Did not participate | 41,230 (83%) | 8456 (17%) | ref | 0.1270 |
Participated | 22 (63%) | 13 (37%) | 1.91 (0.83,4.41) | Â | |
Length of stay | 1Â day or less | 15,652 (85%) | 2729 (15%) | ref | <.0001 |
More than 1Â day | 24,835 (84%) | 4692 (16%) | 1.28 (1.21,1.35) | Â | |
No. of previous admissions | None | 15,269 (82%) | 3390 (18%) | ref | 0.3259 |
1 or more | 25,983 (84%) | 5079 (16%) | 0.97 (0.92,1.03) | Â | |
No. of additional diagnoses | Less than 2 | 11,118 (76%) | 3526 (24%) | ref | <.0001 |
2 or more | 30,134 (86%) | 4943 (14%) | 0.80 (0.75,0.86) | Â | |
Age | mean (SD) | 55 (16) | 53 (18) | 1.00 (1.00,1.00)** | 0.9970 |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | mean (SD) | 2 (1) | 1 (2) | 0.72 (0.70,0.75)*** | <.0001 |